How Jaime got her Bionic back!

[fembuck]

The new 'Bionic Woman' preview

Plot: Struggling as a bartender and surrogate mom to her teen-aged sister, Jaime Sommers didn't think life could get much harder. But when a devastating car accident leaves her at death's door, Jaime's only hope of survival is through a cutting-edge, top-secret technology that comes at a hefty price.

With a whole new existence and a debt to repay, Jaime must figure out how to use her extraordinary abilities for good, while weighing the personal sacrifices she will have to make. Ultimately, it's Jaime's journey of self-discovery and inner strength that will help her embrace her new life as...The Bionic Woman.

Preview Comments: The editing for the preview is kind of cheesy at points, but despite that the show actually looks pretty cool. I can't help but make a "Michelle Ryan is no Lindsey Wagner" comment (although in Ryan's defenseit's hard to be as hot as the Wagner ... see *fondly remembers teenage girl!crush*) but she looks like she can be pretty bad-ass, and she does an awesome 'almost cry'.

Plus, Katee 'motherfrakking' Sackhoff shows up in the trailer as Jaime's nemsis, the first bionic woman. And in true 'motherfrakking' Sackhoff style, she manages to make the "ta-da" completely awesome!

They show also stars, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Mark "Badger/Romo Lampkin" Shepard, and Mae "Anne Beal" Whitman doing a very good, as Joy from "My Name as Earl" would put it, "deaf accent".

All in all, this show looks like it might not suck elephant cock (yeah, I'm looking at you PKJ! Getting my hopes up only to stab me in the heart every week!!!)

Comments

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Gah!! So many mixed emotions!! I mean, sure, I'm totally going to be there and watch the Hell out of it. But this looks soo, I don't know, like an emo version of Jake 2.0. That and I can already tell it's going to take awhile to warm up to Michelle Ryan. She just looks so... milquetoast. Dammit, it's not like Jill Wagner's doing anything these days!! But there's always Bionic Starbuck bringing the HoYay! like nobody's business.

Fortunately, it looks like the boyfriend dies in the pilot. Which is good because while getting superpowers is cool and everything, having the procedure done by your overly invested boyfriend while you're unconscious and can't give consent is *totally* creepy.

[(Anonymous)]

Hopefully it doesn't go all PKJ, but at least we have Starbuck bringing a certain level of badassness. I am a bit worried about Michelle though. It's almost like she's concentrating so much on getting her accent right that she isn't really acting. Just because she's the good girl doesn't mean she has to be timid.

It could well be good but it'll need a few brilliant arcs in the first season to keep people entertained. After all, it's a concept that was done to death 30 years ago and it's going to be competing with Heroes and PKJ in the genre. I wish them both the best but i fear it wasn't a great move for either of them.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

But this looks soo, I don't know, like an emo version of Jake 2.0.

Yeah, the emo in the trailer didn't really win me over. I really don't want her to be on the verge of crying every 5 seconds. I mean, I think I could deal with the emosity in the first few episodes as she adjusts to the change, but it better not be an on-going trend. I am slightly comforted by the fact that Jaime did display so sass and badassness in the preview and that she could get over her angst by pummeling people!

That and I can already tell it's going to take awhile to warm up to Michelle Ryan. She just looks so... milquetoast.

Totally agree with you. I wasn't thrilled when I first heard the casting news, and having seen the trailer I'm not sold. I don't think she's a horrible actress or anything, she just doesn't seem like Jaime Somers to me. I mean off the top of my head I could think of people I would have much rather seen in the role.

-Rachel Nichols would have been absolutely perfect for the role. Perfect. In fact the thought of it makes me a little misty eyed.

-Jessica Biel would have been an awesome choice if she hadn't forsaken television (damn you, 7th Heaven!!!).

-If they really wanted a bionic WOMAN, Dina Meyer would have been awesome, and made emo hot.

-Kristin Lehman of the recently departed Drive I think would have been an awesome Jaime.

-Hell, Maggie Grace would probably have been decent and been more along the line of Wagner-ish Jaime.

I mean, you could probably throw any name at me and I find them better in theory than Ryan.

But there's always Bionic Starbuck bringing the HoYay! like nobody's business.

That's something to look forward to at least. The HoYay was already rocking in the preview so I can't wait to see them bring the hate!sex energy.

Fortunately, it looks like the boyfriend dies in the pilot. Which is good because while getting superpowers is cool and everything, having the procedure done by your overly invested boyfriend while you're unconscious and can't give consent is *totally* creepy.

Word. Just word. *shudders*